Documents flow is the most important part of the economy. Tell me- can you invest or avail any service like banking or telecom or even check into a hotel without valid documents? But so many documents moving in pockets/wallets/internet are posing a challenge to logistics & authentication. The modern day crimes like identity theft areRead More
5 Doors That You Close On Good Advice
Last week I was invited to speak at a meeting consisting of working bankers. Now all banks sell Mutual Funds & insurance so they have basic training of products. But after talking to them for around 45 minutes, I could guess they were not interested. For them, Good Advice – means product specific talk. TheyRead More
Some Myths Some Truths About Mutual Funds
Have you seen a rocket going up (or Kim Jong testing the ICMBs.. Jokes apart)? To get itself into the orbit, it has to leave various bottom parts. It gets rid of itself from the unwanted and heavy burdens. Scientists call it various stages of launch. Same way in order to achieve success in investingRead More
Creator of Direct Plans Ajit Dayal Steps Down
I can never say that Ajit Dayal has “left” or waved “bye bye” as I know he is inseparable to the Quantum’s Philosophy as Warren Buffet is to Berkshire. But yes sometimes you have to physically vacate a position. In a shocking event last week, Creator of Direct Plans Ajit Dayal decided to move andRead More
Are Mutual Funds Moving Towards Total Return Index Benchmark
We all know performance is a relative term. We ought to have a comparison figure or a mechanism to measure the performance of the asset where we have invested. In mutual funds, these are called Benchmark Indexes. Recently, a fund house changed this to Total Return Index Benchmark. So what is the impact of thisRead More
20 Behavioral Biases In Investing
One of the main features of investing is “making a decision”. This means you have to take decisions based on information regarding where, when, how much and for what time to invest. Often these decisions are based on what you think and your emotional response. This is called Behavioral Finance. The study has revealed TopRead More